Re: WB Game Day V St. Kilda R18 2019
For all the criticism of the coaches, I think this one is square on the players. I struggle to recall a more woeful inept performance from a team that have everything to play for. To let the Saints dominate in the middle the way they did in the first quarter. That is on the playing group.
I love Macrae, and he's a very good players, and has been a big contributor to our recent good form, but his first quarter was putrid.
Re: WB Game Day V St. Kilda R18 2019
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Mantis
How many times have they had one free over the top? Gifted them so many goals.
Yep all day. They have just out worked us both ways today. Another issue is how dumb have we been they just hit up the 15 to 20m kick coming out the back line and we allowed that all day.
Re: WB Game Day V St. Kilda R18 2019
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
For all the criticism of the coaches, I think this one is square on the players. I struggle to recall a more woeful inept performance from a team that have everything to play for. To let the Saints dominate in the middle the way they did in the first quarter. That is on the playing group.
I love Macrae, and he's a very good players, and has been a big contributor to our recent good form, but his first quarter was putrid.
Agreed.
You can add JJ to that as well. We need those two players to at least be safe with the football even if they're not playing well, and they just couldn't be early in the game and it really hurt us.
Re: WB Game Day V St. Kilda R18 2019
Our skill level has been terrible. That last kick by the Bont resulted in a turnover goal. Really, we handed them the game with our turnovers both hand and foot.
We are now hoping for a miracle to make the eight. I'm at a loss to understand why we failed so completely in such an important game. The first quarter was awful. We should have come out FIRING. Even in the last there were two occasions when we had them on toast and were certainties to goal had the last kick been good. But, we turned it over. Very, very disappointed to lose that game and undo the good work that has been done over recent weeksm
Re: WB Game Day V St. Kilda R18 2019
All to play for and they deliver a s*** sandwich
Re: WB Game Day V St. Kilda R18 2019
Bitterly disappointed.
OK, season over. Send off whoever needs surgery now.
Play some of the kids like West and Sweet and Cavarra if fit.
Results do not matter anymore now. Tank for a good pick.
Re: WB Game Day V St. Kilda R18 2019
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jeemak
I get you being emotional but there's no need to be irrational. He played well today, got plenty of the ball and took marks.
It wasn't the perfect game but it was a good game from him.
The problem with today. Is people are too weak to make tough calls. He didnt have a good game at all. No impact as his role suggest he plays. I'm bemused that you can think getting a few kicks means that much.
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Saints put ina big effort in the first quarter and we couldn’t stop it. That was the ballgame
Re: WB Game Day V St. Kilda R18 2019
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dukedog
The problem with today. Is people are too weak to make tough calls. He didnt have a good game at all. No impact as his role suggest he plays. I'm bemused that you can think getting a few kicks means that much.
Make tough calls by dropping a player who has been solid - but not at his best - this year, and replace him with someone who will make our side worse.
That is a really tough call. A call you wouldn't make because it doesn't make any sense.
As I said, I thought he played a good game today and was more effective than most of his team mates for longer periods.
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jeemak
Agreed.
You can add JJ to that as well. We need those two players to at least be safe with the football even if they're not playing well, and they just couldn't be early in the game and it really hurt us.
JJ has never been the same player from that day the swans hit stick into him and then everyone else followed. He is our down hill skier
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jeemak
Make tough calls by dropping a player who has been solid - but not at his best - this year, and replace him with someone who will make our side worse.
That is a really tough call. A call you wouldn't make because it doesn't make any sense.
As I said, I thought he played a good game today and was more effective than most of his team mates for longer periods.
I was more disappointed with Cordy in the backline than Wood
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Bumper Bulldogs
JJ has never been the same player from that day the swans hit stick into him and then everyone else followed. He is our down hill skier
That's not right.
He's actually had a pretty good season, once he worked his way back from a very long lay off. He's been very solid the last 6 weeks.
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bornadog
I was more disappointed with Cordy in the backline than Wood
Yeah, he really lowered his colours.
Morris has to come in for him next week.
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
That's not right.
He's actually had a pretty good season, once he worked his way back from a very long lay off. He's been very solid the last 6 weeks.
yep no preseason has hurt him
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bornadog
I was more disappointed with Cordy in the backline than Wood
And Bailey Dale?